Recess Cove

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Recess Cove ( 64°30′S61°32′W / 64.500°S 61.533°W / -64.500; -61.533 Coordinates: 64°30′S61°32′W / 64.500°S 61.533°W / -64.500; -61.533 ) is a cove 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) wide in the east side of Charlotte Bay, along the west coast of Graham Land. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), this cove forms a recess in the side of Charlotte Bay.

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Cove A small sheltered bay or coastal inlet

A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. Coves usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are often considered coves.

Charlotte Bay bay

Charlotte Bay is a bay on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula indenting the west coast of Graham Land in a southeast direction for 12 nautical miles (22 km), between Reclus Peninsula and Cape Murray. Its head is fed by the glaciers Nobile, Bozhinov, Krebs, Wellman and Renard.

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